I've got a fixture detailed out and the face is partially glass. There is additional detail on the interior that I'd like to show up on the drawings, basically when I have a Front view of the drawing sheets I would like the interior to show up. Hiding the glass part on that view isn't an option since it has beveled edges and would like that detail to show up as well. Any idea?
Thank you in advance
Dan
I have the materials set as glass. Transparency is set high. If i show it as a shaded mode, yes it shows up. However I'm looking to accomplish this on Top/Elevation/Etc views w/out using the shading option.
Then I would hide the glass part or create a configuration at the part level to have the glass cut out in that view...
This question has been posed before, but I don't remember a good answer. One option that might work for you would be to select all the components behind the glass (either in the tree or the graphics area), right-click, and choose Show/Hide > Show Hidden Edges. I don't use this feature very often, but I'm pretty sure it will need to be repeated for each view. It may be more labor intensive than you'd like, but it might be worth checking out.
As others have already said, I would more than likely hide the Glass portion in the top view. Another Option is just using Show hidden lines. It is hard to tell from your images what is underneath that you are showing, but in reality, they should show as hidden lines. Even though the glass is transparent, it is a solid layer, meaning everything under it is "Hidden" even if it is visible through the transparency. Hope that made sense, Just my opinion of it though. Good luck!
Hi Dan, I usually create a configuration on the assembly without glass.
In the drawing view I use the "alternative position view" with the configuration without glass. Everything inside the glass will be shown on phantom line!
Hope it helps.
Thanks to all for the input. Looks like I'll have to "work around" this common issue. Will most likely have to include a couple of isometric views using the shaded option to eliminate confusion.
Hiding the glass isn't really an option because the glass itself has bevels and I would like to show that in the drawing. I remember running into this before and I believe that there was no real "setting" that can adjust this. Would be nice if SW would add this option to make it a little easier.
One thing to try...
Go to the assembly file and right click the glass part and click on the Make Transparent, see if that changes in the drawing?
Using the "alternative position view" you don't have to hide the glass.
You keep the glass on the "Default" configuration so your view is complete with the glass on.
When you add the "Alternative Position View", related to the configuration without glass, the component inside will be shown in phantom line "underneath" the glass.
Depending on how much you need/want to show you could also use Broken-out section. Or simply change the view to show hidden lines.
Did you try to show the view in the Shaded mode? Do you have the material set as glass?